What do you drive?

[tac]

We be's over the last three weeks in June.

tac

 

[DeanMk]

Why won't the US allow this type of vehicle? I've always wanted one on those Toyota HiLux diesels the drive in Austrailia and othe countries.

Man, you guys are young.
There was a big push for diesel powered cars in the later half the 70's and through the 80's, but no one liked them because they were smelly and slow.
In America, the majority want to get there, NOW and smell pretty at the same time.
Thus, THEY DIDN'T SELL.
The only diesel powered vehicles out here now are full-sized trucks and a few, select imports (cough*Mercedes*cough).
I for one would still like to see them in mini-trucks again....of course, I would also like to see the re-emergence of the true "mini truck", not those behemoth's the industry is trying to pass off as "mini" trucks.


Dean

 

[Member 5605]

MOUNT UP!!


lol @Joe13 knows what im talkin about

Only during a clear white moon..

 

[tac]

Slow and smelly? Right. My slow and smelly 7-seater gets to 60 in 8.2 secs, a top speed of 132 mph and cruises, in Germany, at an easy 110mph, and STILL gets 35mpg.

My pal's BMW 535cdi does 0-60 in 5 seconds dead. It's a station wagon, BTW.

Diesels have come a long way, Glasshopper, since Roosevelt was president.

Here in Yoorup diesels account for 82% of ALL car sales.

tac

 

[wired]

Diesels cost more to produce, they cost more to buy and diesel is considerably more expensive than gasoline in the United States and as VW found out the hard way its difficult for them to meet the performance standards that Americans expect while maintaining our emissions standards. Theres no compelling reason to purchase a diesel car in the US.

 

[tac]

Diesels cost more to produce, they cost more to buy and diesel is considerably more expensive than gasoline in the United States and as VW found out the hard way its difficult for them to meet the performance standards that Americans expect while maintaining our emissions standards. Theres no compelling reason to purchase a diesel car in the US.

I understand that. Your 10c a gallon gas beats ours, for sure. Makes the 15c diesel look pretty expensive, eh?

tac

 

[wired]

Your prices are what? Double to triple what they are in the US ?

 

[tac]

~threeple for gasoline and other oil products. Food is anything between 75 and 100% more expensive, and so are services. Trains are good to travel if somebody else is paying.

Most shooting stuff is pounds for dollars or worse, sometimes a LOT worse. The nice new Ruger PR is north of $2000 here, and my favourite Berger bullets, the 175gr VLDs I shoot in my 7.5x55, are $100 a box.

We have 20% sales tax on everything except books and children's clothes, so if you are a midget with a taste for Horry Patter, you are good to go.

Don't be having a nice watch - I have many, mainly because I can't have any more guns. It's actually cheaper, and I mean a LOT cheaper, to fly from London to New York for a long weekend, whoop it up a bit, and have one of my watches serviced at the Local Rolex agency and then come back here, than it is to have the same watch serviced here in yUK.

Add to that that if I need something American-made fixing, like my NF scope that stuck on x32, I would have got charged importation tax and customs duties amounting to almost the price of the scope to get it back here again, although it was just a fixed-up scope repair. Lucky for me that we are over in the US every year getting our fix of gun freedom and Marionberry pie.

Don't be planning on coming here unless you win the lottery, is my advice - the only thing here that's free.

tac

 

[DeanMk]

Diesels cost more to produce, they cost more to buy and diesel is considerably more expensive than gasoline in the United States and as VW found out the hard way its difficult for them to meet the performance standards that Americans expect while maintaining our emissions standards. Theres no compelling reason to purchase a diesel car in the US.

...actually....if you look at the pump prices, Diesel isn't the most expensive fuel anymore.
At least that's what I'm noticing out here.

 

[DeanMk]

Slow and smelly? Right. My slow and smelly 7-seater gets to 60 in 8.2 secs, a top speed of 132 mph and cruises, in Germany, at an easy 110mph, and STILL gets 35mpg.

My pal's BMW 535cdi does 0-60 in 5 seconds dead. It's a station wagon, BTW.

Diesels have come a long way, Glasshopper, since Roosevelt was president.

Here in Yoorup diesels account for 82% of ALL car sales.

tac

...and my old 1980 Rabbit Diesel had passing times one could log with a calendar!
I had that car for 5 Years and I loved it, but I walked away from that experience with the solid impression that everyone in America should own something like that, just to learn patience while driving.
Maybe we wouldn't have such a problem with road rage if they did.


Dean

 

[wired]

...actually....if you look at the pump prices, Diesel isn't the most expensive fuel anymore.
At least that's what I'm noticing out here.

Diesel is about 30 cent a gallon more expensive where I'm at. $2.30 for regular unleaded on the res or $2.70 out in whiteyland . I was in Florida last week and it was under $2 for regular.

 

[tac]

Meanwhile over here, it's gone down in the last few days to just under $8 a gallon. Gas is about $7.60...

tac

 

[DeanMk]

Diesel is about 30 cent a gallon more expensive where I'm at. $2.30 for regular unleaded on the res or $2.70 out in whiteyland . I was in Florida last week and it was under $2 for regular.

Ha!
Out here, regular is going for about $2.799, while diesel is around $2.499.
Of the 4 choices one is offered at the pump these days, its the cheapest.
Like the realtor says, "location, location, location".



Dean

 

[Kruel J]

My '95 Geo Metro has been replaced. Dropped it like its hot on Craigslist for $500.
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At least it has tinted windows.... right?

I'll be getting around a 30% increase in fuel economy.

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And yes, I'll still make jokes about Prius drivers.

It's ok, I drive a Subaru Forester

 

[Member 5605]

It's ok, I drive a Subaru Forester

And some day I'll have another Scoobyroo, hopefully a Forester XT.... I dig the 2005 era body lines.

I was spoiled with the WRX years ago. Oh how Rome fell.

 

[DeanMk]

I'll tell you what my first vehicle was!
It was a 1971 dodge swinger with a slant 6, the car ran like a top & I only paid $120 for it back in 1983.
Ronald Reagan was president & I loved that guy !

Good car.
To be honest, any of those 70's compacts were reliable as the day is long and easy enough to work on that a 5-year old could fix one.
My folks bought a '72 Nova, new. 250 six cylinder, air cooled poweslide and (eventually) a J.C Whitney Cruise Control.
Super numb power steering and those power brakes that had you eating the steering wheel ever time.
Always started, always ran until 1981 when they traded it for a Citation with power everything.
I bet your Swinger was just as reliable.


Dean

 

[DeanMk]

EXACTLY!
I had to sell my big window '65 GMC because of that dam'd insurance law.
Nuthin' wrong with yellow. I once had a Rabbit diesel in that colour. People would ask, "why yellow?"
Truth was, I bought it that way and didn't have the $$$ to repaint it, but I would tell them it was because my car doubled as a taxi in the wintertime when all my friends cars wouldn't run worth a bubblegum. =)


Dean

 

[wired]

My first yellow car. 1970 351 4V cleveland Cougar ( original 428 car ) . Factory color. 11 second daily driver at the time.

 

[Member 5605]

Wife decided to ditch her Honda Pilot and roll towards fuel savings... she found a red 2012 with 12,800 miles on it.

So... now there be two in the driveway.

 

[Ura-Ki]

Finally getting around to my next project, should be a really fun ride when it's up and running! 1942 Dodge Half Cab cargo truck!